Former Mumias Member of Parliament (MP) Francis Makwanalo Obongita  has died.

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Obongita died on Thursday morning at the age of 85 while undergoing diabtese treatment at Aga Khan hospital in Kisumu.

He joined politics in 1963 and served as the minister for local government and administration under the government of the late President Jomo Kenyatta.

Obongita was Mumias MP for two terms, leaving office in 1978.

After quitting elective politics, he remained active in national issues and campaigned for the new Constitution in 2010.

Obongita also served in the military and was the third MP for the then Mumias Constituency after Ibrahim Mulama and John Washika.